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(NoModeL) T. 0.1.0315. ANCHOR FOR CHECK RCW CORD 0R WIRE. No. 268,110.

Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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I UNITED STATES Pa'rniwr OFFICE...

TYLER C. LORD, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO FRANK E. MARSH', OF SAME PLAGE. y

ANCHOR FOR CHECK-ROW CORD OR WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,110, dated November 28, 1882.

Application filed Jnne13,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: out any effort by its own gravity, but does not o Be it known that I, 'IYLE'R C. LORD, of the become detached from the machine, as it does city of Joliet, in Will county, and State of Illiwhen the cord or wire is lifted up and thrown nois, have invented certain :new and useful Irnover, as in some instances.

5 provementsin Anchors forOheck-.Rower Cords The anchor is provided with a reel, s, which or Wires, the construction and operation of may attach either to the brace c or the postc, 55 which I will proceed to explain, reference beas shown in Fig. 2, which reel serves to hold ing had to the annexed drawings and the letthe knotted cord or -wirc w, as shown in said ters and figures thereon, in whichfigures. The reel is provided with the crank 1o Figure 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a side loto turn it, and the spring-support B permits elevation, and Fig. 3 a side View of the reel. ittobedetachable and interohangeable,as may 6o The nature and object of this invention is be desired, as set forth. Sometimes it is necfor the purpose of holding or anchoring the essary to stand the post c very near a fence cord or wire of a check-rowerV at either end of and pass the brace c through the fence. In

the Iield in such manner that the anchor may such case it is necessary to place 'the reel on move or shift the cord or wire to accommodate the post, to be outof the way of the fence. The 65 it to the position of the check-rower on its brace c is bolted to theside of the post c, formjourney across the field andback. The knotted inga hinge by means of the bolt n, which precord or wire iu this case has either end atvents the turning ofthe post when the pendzo tached to the lower end of a pendulum, which ulum a, is extended,4 causing a side draft.

swings, and thus permits the check-rower to Such hinge permits the parts to fold up, to be 7o move the knotted Wire or`cord -along to a line easily handled or shipped. When the reel is on which the check-rower is traveling. on the post and it is desired to reel up the Referring to the drawings, c is a post havwire or cord, the lower end of the hinged brace ing a point, P, to enter the earth to hold the is raised, swung around, and again fastened,

post upright. as before, to the earth, so as to bring the reel to 7 5 C' is a brace bolted at n to the side of the face the end of the wire to make it easy to wind post c near its upper end, while its lower end, up on the reel.

at the ground, is secured by a pin, P', to the I am aware of anchors for such purpose be- 3o earth, as shownin Fig. 2. rIhe face ofthe post ing in use in which the cord or wire w is atc has a pendulum-arm, aa', hinged into it near tached to the end of an arm the opposite end 8o its upper end, so the'pendulum may vibrate of which is pivoted to the earth and raises up from side to side,,as Tshown in Fig. l. The and falls over to carry the wire forward, which knotted Wire or cord fw attaches to the penduconstruction I do not claim; but I am not lum-arm a, as shown in said Fig. l, or to any aware of the use of such a construction `as I place along on it, as may be desired, to reguhave described, in which the cord or wire is 85 late the distance tolwhich the cord or wire fw moved by a pendulum. is to be moved. Having thus described my invention, what I When the check-rower starts on its journey claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 4o outward the cord or wire is about in the posi- Patent, is as follows, to wit:

tion shown at the left in Fig. 1, and the pendl. In an anchor for check-rower cords or 9o ulum a swung out to bei nearly or quite horiwire, the post c, having the pendulum arm a zontal. When the check-rower has returned attached thereto, in the manner and for the ona line some feet distance from that on which purpose set forth.

it left, the pendulum a has carried the cord or 2. In an anchor for check-rower cords or wire forward to the lne'on which the machine wire, the post c, having the point P, and hav- 95 returned, as shown in said Fig. l, by means of ing the brace c', with the pin P', hinged therethe swinging downward of said pendulum, so to, all arranged to support the pendulum-arm that the wire or cord wis not only moved witha, for the purpose set forth.

3. In an anchor for cheok-rower cords or 5. In an anchor for check-rower cords or wire, the reels, supported by the anchor-frame, wires, the pendulum-arm a, for the purpose set for the purpose specified. forth.

4. In an anchor for check-rower cords or TYLER C. LRD. 5 wire, the reel s, supported by the anchor and Witnesses:

arranged to unwind and Wind up the cord or WM. J. HUTCHINS,

wire, in the manner substantially as specified. THos. H. HUToHINs. 

